Эффективные технологии в преподавании английского языка. Песня, как одно из средств обучения.
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 класс) на тему

Эффективные технологии

в преподавании английского языка

песня, как одно из средств обучения

Составитель: Л.Л. Груздова- учитель английского языка, высшей категории

Content:

Preface                                                                                        3

Songs and exercises:

Countries and People                                                                  4-5

Head and Shoulders                                                                    6

My Dog Rags                                                                              7

Sandwiches                                                                                 8-10

A Whole New World                                                                 11-13

Accidentally in Love                                                                  13-15

Breakfast                                                                                     16-17

Don’t Know Why                                                                       18-19

Frosty the Snowman                                                                   20-21  

Hakuna Matata                                                                           22-23

If I Had a Million Dollars                                                           24-26

Yesterday                                                                                    27-28

What a Wonderful World                                                           29-30

Leaving on a Jet Plane                                                                31- 33

Lullaby                                                                                        34-35

My Heart will Go on                                                                   36- 37

Revolution                                                                                   38

The Sun                                                                                        39-40

You Got a Friend in Me                                                               41-43

Lemon Tree                                                                                  44-45    

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Preface

Singing is a popular activity throughout the world and students like learning English songs.  Teaching an English song has the following benefits: as you sing or play a recording of an English   song, the students are apt to listen attentively, thereby improving their aural comprehension. The vocabulary, sentiments, and cultural background of the song can serve as discussion material. Singing allows the students a chance to relax from the pressure of conversation and the material of the lesson. Group spirit is fostered through singing.  The students can carry the song beyond classroom doors and sing for family and friends. This, in turn tends to reinforce the students’ interest in learning English. Singing is suitable for small and large groups alike for small children and teenagers.

   The kinds of songs that I choose to teach depend entirely on the age and interests of my students.

    A very colorful and pictorial album of kids’ songs written by Nancy Cassidy from California and other songs are widely used at my classes of English teaching grammar, vocabulary and other aspects of the language.

     To make the most of any song you choose? The following procedures will be helpful:

  1.  Prepare a copy of the lyrics for each student. If you have no duplicating facilities available, you can write the words to a song on the blackboard and have students copy them. This, of course, takes up valuable time, but it is important that the students have the words.

  2.  Read each line in the song with the class following in choral repetition. Correct any problems in pronunciation that occur.

  3.  Explain the meaning of new words and point out cases of elision and linking. Then have the class say each line again in choral repetition.

  4.  Have the students listened to the melody two or three times before they sing it.

  5.   Correct problems in pronunciation or phrasing that may have occured during singing.

  6.  Have the students practice the song several times so that they learn it well. Do not permit them to sing the song too slowly.

  7.  Once the song is learned, I make it a departure point for conversation. Ask questions with vocabulary items from the song or have students use the vocabulary in original sentences. If it is a folk song talk about its historical backgrounds, its particular meaning in its cultural context.

  8. Review the song from time to time. Students enjoy singing songs they have previously learned – it gives them a sense of mastery, and enthusiasm for learning other songs.

      All the songs in this manual are authentic materials, and it is significant since it increases students' motivation for learning, makes the learner be exposed to the 'real' language. They provide a positive effect on learner motivation, provide authentic cultural information, exposure to real language, relate more closely to learners needs, and support more creative approach to teaching. We can claim that learners are being exposed to real language and they feel that they are learning the “real” language.

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       Countries and People                                                                                                                          

Janet lives in England

Cara lives in France

Bonny lives in Canada

Ahmed lives in Italy

Moesha lives in Israel

Russ lives in Australia

Olga lives in Russia

Ingrid lives in Germany

Gita lives in India

Pablo lives in Spain

Osey lives in Columbia

      And each one is much like another

      A child of a mother and a father

      Very special son or daughter

       All liked like me and you

Cody lives in Japan

Nina lives in Chili

Farida lives in Pakistan

Zohha lives in Poland

Anwell lives in Brazil

Maria lives in Italy

Kophy lives in Ghana

Rahim  lives in Iran

Rosa lives in Paraguay

Madger lives in Kenya

Dmitriy  lives in Greece

Sue lives in America

      And each one is much like another

      A child of a mother and a father

      Very special son or daughter

       All liked like me and you

Vocabulary & Exercises. Countries and People                                                                                                                         

1. Listen to the song.
2. Listen and repeat.                                                                                                                    

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3. Answer the following questions:

1. Where does Janet live?
2. Where does Cara live?
3. Where does Bonny live?
4. Where does Ahmed live?
5. Where does Moesha live?
6. Where does Russ live?
7. Where does Chen live?
8. Where does Olga live?
9. Where does Ingrid live?
10. Where does Gita live?
11. Where does Pablo live?
12. Where does Ozey live?

4. Make five Wh- questions  and ask them to your partner.

5. Give an affirmative or negative response to the following questions.

 1.  Does Nina live in Chili?

 2. Does Maria  live in Italy?

 3. Does  Anwell live in Russia?

 4. Does Rosa  live in India?

 5.  Does  Sue live in America?

 6.  Does  Cody live in Japan?

 7.  Does Rahim live in Iran?

 8.  Does Kophy live in Ghana?

 9.  Does Zosha live in Spain?

10. Does  Farida live in Pakistan?

  6.  Make five general questions  and ask them to your partner.

Extra Exercises:

 -   Locate the countries mentioned in the song on the map.
-   Note these countries at the contour map

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                                                    Head and shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. 

And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. 

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat and seat.

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat and seat.

And hair and hips and  chin and cheeks

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat and seat.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. 

And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. 

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat and seat.

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat,  seat.

And hair and hips and  chin and cheeks

Ankles, elbows, feet and seat, feat, seat.

Vocabulary & Exercises. Head and shoulders

1. Listen to the lyrics.
2. Carefully read it.
3. Write down all the words on the subject - body parts
4. Write the singular form
5. Draw and label man named body parts
6. What other parts of the body, you know?
7. Make 5 sentences with any of these words.

Extra Exercises:

• Rewrite the song, replacing the nouns with your own!

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My dog Rags

I have a dog his name is Rags

He eats so much his tummy sags

His ears flip flop, his tail wig wags,

And when he walks, he walks zig zag

      He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      I love Rags and he loves me!

My dog Rags he loves to play,

He rolls around in the mud all day,

I whistle, he doesn’t obey,

He always runs the other way.

       He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      He goes flip flop, wig wag, zig zag,

      I love Rags and he loves me!

My dog Rags .Vocabulary & Exercise

1. Listen to the song.
2. Listen and read the words.
3. Check understanding of the text
4. Identify all the verbs in the Present Simple
5. Make the following sentences negative:
          He eats so much his tummy sags
          He rolls around in the mud all day
          He always runs the other way.
 6. Ask  all types of questions you know to the following sentences:
            He loves to play.
            He goes flip flop.
            He always runs the other way.

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                                             Sandwiches

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

I’m a-roaming and a-traveling and a-wandering all along,

And if you care to listen, I will sing a happy song.

I will not ask a favor and I will not ask a fee,

But if you have a sandwich, won’t you give a bite to me?

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

Once I went to England, I visited the Queen,

I swear she was the grandest lady that I’d ever seen.

I told her she was beautiful and could not ask for more,

She handed me a sandwich and threw me out the door.

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

A sandwich may be egg or cheese or even peanut butter,

But all they taste so good to me, it doesn’t even matter.

Jam or ham or cucumber, any kind will do.

Well, I like sandwiches, how about you?

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Sandwiches .Vocabulary & Exercise

Fill-in-the-blank

Sandwiches are __________, sandwiches are ________,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

I’m a-roaming and a-traveling and a-wandering all along,

And if you care to listen, I will sing a _______    song.

I will not ask a favor and I will not ask a fee,

But if you have a sandwich, won’t you give a bite to me?

Sandwiches are ___________, sandwiches are __________,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

Once I went to England, I visited the Queen,

I swear she was the ___________ lady that I’d ever seen.

I told her she was beautiful and could not ask for more,

She handed me a sandwich and threw me out the door.

Sandwiches are____________, sandwiches are_____________,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

A sandwich may be egg or cheese or even peanut butter,

But all they taste so good to me, it doesn’t even matter.

Jam or ham or cucumber, any kind will do.

Well, I like sandwiches, how about you?

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Fill-in-the-blank with the appropriate form of the verb

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I _________ sandwiches

I __________  them all the time.

I _______ them for my supper and I  ________ them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I’d eat them all at once.

I’m a-roaming and a-traveling and a-wandering all along,

And if you ______ to listen, I __________ a happy song.

I _______a favor and I ______________ a fee,

But if you have a sandwich, won’t you give a bite to me?

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

Once I ________ to England, I ________ the Queen,

I swear she ______ the grandest lady that I’d ever seen.

I _______ her she was beautiful and could not ask for more,

She ________ me a sandwich and _______ me out the door.

Sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine,

I like sandwiches

I eat them all the time.

I eat them for my supper and I eat them for my lunch.

If I had a hundred sandwiches, I eat them all at once.

A sandwich may be egg or cheese or even peanut butter,

But all they taste so good to me, it doesn’t even matter.

Jam or ham or cucumber, any kind will do.

Well, I ________ sandwiches, how about you?

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A whole new world

I can show you the world

Shining, shimmering, splendid

Tell me, princess, now when did

You last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes

Take you wonder by wonder

Over, sideways and under

On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world

A new fantastic point of view

No one to tell us no

Or where to go

Or say we're only dreaming

A whole new world

A dazzling place I never knew

But when I'm way up here

It's crystal clear

That now I'm in a whole new world with you

Now I'm in a whole new world with you

Unbelievable sights

Indescribable feeling

Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling

Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world

Don't you dare close your eyes

A hundred thousand things to see

Hold your breath - it gets better

I'm like a shooting star

I've come so far

I can't go back to where I used to be

A whole new world

Every turn a surprise

With new horizons to pursue

Every moment red-letter

I'll chase them anywhere

There's time to spare

Let me share this whole new world with you

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A whole new world

That's where we'll be

A thrilling chase

A wondrous place

For you and me

A Whole New World – Vocabulary & Exercise

Adjectives:

shining, shimmering, splendid, magic, fantastic, dazzling, crystal clear, unbelieveable, indescribable, endless, thrilling, wondrous

Verbs:

Show, decide, let, open, take, close, hold one’s breath, get better, go back, pursue, chase, spare, share,

Nouns:

World, wonder, carpet, ride, point of view, place, sights, feeling, thing, horizon, moment, chase

Fill-in-the-blank –

1. We go to the ____________ show to see what tricks the magicians can do.
2. The road is so, so long!  In fact, it seems ____________.
3. To travel by helicopter is very exciting and ____________ because you’re so high.
4. We should ____________ our plans for today.
5. Please, ____________ the window to let in some cool air.
6. We must ____________ home because I forgot my books.
7. I have a new ____________ in my bedroom on the floor.
8. This is a very beautiful ____________ to have a picnic, I think.

Match the Opposites -

1. become worse
2. disaster
3. cloudy

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4. believeable
5. run away
6. definite
7. dull
8. keep

Extra Exercises:

• Identify the gerunds and participles in the lyrics.
• Rewrite the song, replacing the adjectives with your own!

Accidentally in Love

So she said what's the problem baby

What's the problem I don't know

Well maybe I'm in love (love)

Think about it every time

I think about it

Can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this

Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)

Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love

Come on, come on

Turn a little faster

Come on, come on

The world will follow after

Come on, come on

Cause everybody's after love

So I said I'm a snowball running

Running down into the spring that's coming all this love

Melting under blue skies

Belting out sunlight

Shimmering love

Well baby I surrender

To the strawberry ice cream

Never ever end of all this love

Well I didn't mean to do it

But there's no escaping your love

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These lines of lightning

Mean we're never alone,

Never alone, no, no

Come on, Come on

Move a little closer

Come on, Come on

I want to hear you whisper

Come on, Come on

Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on

Jump a little higher

Come on, come on

If you feel a little lighter

Come on, come on

We were once

Upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love

Accidentally in love (x7)

Accidentally

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,

I'm in Love, I'm in Love,

I'm in Love, I'm in Love,

Accidentally (X 2)

Come on, come on

Spin a little tighter

Come on, come on

And the world's a little brighter

Come on, come on

Just get yourself inside her

Love ...I'm in love

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Accidentally in Love – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

every, shimmering, strawberry, alone, brighter,

Verbs:

be in love, think, take (to last), cure, ignore, turn around, face, follow, be after (to chase), melt, belt out (to give out in abundance), surrender, escape, move, whisper, settle down, jump, feel, be in love, spin, get inside (to enter)

Nouns:

snowball, end, spring (creek), sunlight, lightning, line

Adverbs:

longer, around, faster, never, ever, closer, higher, lighter, accidentally, tighter, a little

Fill-in-the-blank:  

1. It will probably ____________ six hours to travel to Dallas, Texas.
2. When the army knew they would lose, they decided to ____________.
3. The car began to go ____________ and ____________.
4. The prisoner tried to ____________ from the jail but was caught.
5. We’re in the library so you should ____________ and not yell.
6. Sasha and Vlad are such a good pair – they are definitely ____________.
7. Don’t be afraid – just ____________ and your parachute will open automatically.
8. This song will ____________ your head and stay there – you’ll be singing forever!

Extra Activities:

• Divide the class into groups.  Each group will have some verbs.  The group must show/act/demonstrate which verb they have without talking.  The other groups must guess the verb.
• Identify the adverbs that come from adjectives.

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       Breakfast

Hold the Milk, Put back the sugar

They are powerless to console

We've gathered here to sprinkle ashes

from our late friends cereal bowl.

Breakfast clubbers say the motto

that he taught us to repeat

"You will lose it in your gym class if you wait till noon to eat"

Back when the chess club said our eggs were soft

Every Monday he'd say grace and hold our juice aloft

Oh none of us knew his check out time would come so soon

but before his brain stopped waving he composed this tune

Chorus:

When the toast is burned

And all the milk has turned

And Captain Crunch is waving farewell

When the big one finds you

May this song remind you

That they don't serve breakfast in hell

Breakfast clubbers drop the hankies

Though to some our friend was odd

That day he bought those pine pajamas

His check was good with god

Those here without the Lord

How do you cope

For this morning we don't mourn

Like those who have no hope

Oh rise up Friut Loop lovers

Sing out sweet and low

With spoons held high

 We bid our brother "Cheerio"!!!

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Breakfast – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

powerless, late (dead), check out (departure), burned, pine,

Verbs:

Hold (to not include), put back, console, sprinkle, teach, repeat, lose, wait, say grace (say a prayer before a meal), hold, stop, wave, compose, turn, find, remind, serve, drop, buy, cope, mourn, rise up, bid “Cheerio” (to say “goodbye”)

Nouns:

Ashes, bowl, motto, chess club, brain, toast, hell, clubbers, hanky (handkerchief), Fruit Loop (type of cereal in America), spoon

Adverbs:

aloft, soon, high

Choose the correct form of the verb:  

1. Can you please ____________ (hold) the sugar please?  I don’t want any.
2. Yesterday, we ____________ (wave) the flag at the school presentation.
3. I will ____________ (compose) a song on my guitar.
4. They have ____________ (remind) you about the test, correct?
5. Last year, they ____________ (mourn) the death of their friend.
6. She is ____________ (sprinkle) sugar on the sweet rolls.
7. We haven’t ____________ (buy) a new car yet.
8. She works in a restaurant and ____________ (serve) the meals.

Discuss:  

• The friend used to say, “"You will lose it in your gym class if you wait till noon to eat.”  This means “You will get sick if you don’t eat breakfast.”  He is trying to say that you should not live without something important to sustain you.  Maybe that’s a job, a family, or some goal.  What is your “breakfast” – what keeps you going in life?
• What do you think this means:  “they don’t serve breakfast in hell?”  Is hell supposed to be comfortable?
• We assume that the friend has eaten his breakfast.  Why?  Are the friends mourning his death?
• What is “the big one” that will find you?  Are you afraid of “the big one?”

Note:

This song is fun and easy if you just look at the words, without the meaning.  If you use the meaning, it can be a fun song for older forms to use.

“Cheerio” means goodbye, but it’s also the name of a cereal in America.  So it’s funny because it has two meanings.

Captain Crunch is also the name of a cereal.  Here, Captain Crunch is personified, or given qualities of a person.  It’s another joke that he is waving.

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Nora Jones

Don’t know why

I waited till I saw the sun

I don’t know why I didn’t call

I left you by the house of fun

I don’t know why I didn’t call

I don’t know why I didn’t call

When I saw the break of day

I wished that I could fly away

Instead of kneeling in the sand

Catching tear drops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine

But you’ll be on my mind forever

Out across the endless sea

I would die in ecstasy

But of the vagabonds

Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine

But you’ll be on my mind forever

Something has to make you run

I don’t know why I didn’t call

I feel as empty as a drum

I don’t know why I didn’t call

I don’t know why I didn’t call

I don’t know why I didn’t call

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Don’t Know Why – Vocabulary and Exercises

Verbs:

wait, see, call, leave, fly, kneel, catch, drench, die, run

Nouns:

Sun, house, fun, break of day (daybreak, sunrise), sand, teardrops, wine, mind, ecstasy, vagabonds (rascal, homeless), drum, something

Which one of these doesn’t belong?:  

1. a. mother         b. uncle         c. nephew         d. sun
2. a. beach         b. desert         c. sand         d. city
3. a. wine         b. beer                 c. rum                 d. water
4. a. happiness         b. ecstasy         c. sadness         d. exhilaration
5. a. pool                 b. house         c. flat                 d. hotel
6. a. trumpet         b. drum         c. guitar         d. music
7. a. something         b. somewhere         c. someone         d. anyone
8. a. boredom         b. fun                 c. difficulty         d. toil

Find a word that rhymes (same sound):

1. Sun - ____________
2. Break - ____________
3. Sand - ____________
4. Kneel - ____________
5. Fly - ____________
6. Die - ____________
7. Wait - ____________
8. Drum - ____________

Extra Activities:

• This song is very sad.  What words would you change to make it happier?
• Is this song about a girl or a boy?  Why do you think so?

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Frosty the Snowman

Bing Crosby

Frosty the Snowman was a jolly happy soul

With a corncob pipe and a button nose and eyes made out of coal

Frosty the Snowman was a fairytale they say

He was made of snow but the children know that he came to life one day

There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found

For when they placed it on his head he began to dance around

Frosty the Snowman was as live as he could be

And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me

Frosty the Snowman knew the sun was hot that day

So he said lets run and we’ll have some fun now before I melt away

Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand

Running here and there all around the square saying catch me if you can

He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop

He only paused a moment when he heard him holler STOP!

Because Frosty the Snowman, had to hurry on his way

But he waved goodbye, saying don’t you cry, saying I’ll be back again someday

Frosty the Snowman – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

jolly, happy, corncob (made from a cob of corn), silk, old, hot

Verbs:

Make, say, come, find, dance, laugh, play, know, say, have, run, lead, holler, hurry, wave, cry, be back (to return)

Nouns:

soul, pipe, button, coal, snowman, snow, magic, hat, sun, fun, village, broomstick, cop (policeman), moment,

Fill-in-the-blank:  

1. My grandfather always smokes his ____________.
2. We made a ____________ outside in the snow.
3. Our ____________ has only 10,000 people.
4. After school, we will yell and ____________ because we like to be loud.
5. Do you ____________ with your left hand or your right hand?

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6. Don’t ____________ on your homework – the best work is done carefully.
7. We’re going to ____________ a snowman when the snow gets heavier.
8. Do you ____________ what time it is?
9. I like to ____________ volleyball and ride horses.
10. Don’t cry – your mother will ____________ very soon!
11. You must wear a ____________ when it gets cold.
12. The ____________ works to keep us safe from criminals

Fill-in-the-blank:  

Frosty the _________ was a jolly happy soul

With a corncob pipe and a _______ nose and eyes made out of coal

Frosty the Snowman was a fairytale they say

He was made of snow but the ________ know that he came to life one day

There must have been some ______ in that old silk hat they found

For when they placed it on his head he _______ to dance around

Frosty the Snowman was as live as he could be

And the children say he ______ laugh and play just the same as you and me

Frosty the Snowman ______ the sun was hot that day

So he said lets run and we’ll have some fun now _______ I melt away

Down to the ______ with a broomstick in his hand

Running here and there all ________ the square saying catch me if you can

He led them down the ______ of town right to the traffic cop

He only paused a moment when he _______ him holler STOP!

Because _______ the Snowman, had to hurry on his way

But he waved goodbye, saying don’t you cry, saying I’ll be back again someday

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Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata, ain’t no passin’ craze

It means no worries, for the rest of your days

It’s our problem free, philosophy

Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata?  

Yeah, it’s our motto

What’s a motto?

Nothing, what’s the matta with you?

Those two words will solve all your problems

Yeah, take Pumba here for example

When he was a young warthog

When I was a young warthog

He found his aroma like a certain appeal

He could clear the savannah after every meal

I’m a sensitive soul

Though I seem thick skinned

And it hurt, that my friends never stood downwind

And oh the shame

He was a shame

Thought of changing my name

Oh what’s in a name

And I got downhearted

How did you feel

Every time that I … Pumba, not in front of the kids

Oh, sorry

Hakuna Matata what a wonderful phrase,

Hakuna Matata, ain’t no passin craze

It means no worries, for the rest of your days

It’s our problem free, philosophy…

Hakuna Matata

It means no worries, for the rest of your days

It’s our problem free, philosophy

Hakuna Matata

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Hakuna Matata – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

wonderful, passing, problem-free, young, certain, sensitive, downhearted

Verbs:

solve, clear, seem, stand,

Nouns:

Phrase, craze (fad), philosophy, motto, warthog, savannah, meal, shame, name, kids

True or False:  

Hakuna Matata means “no worries.”

Hakuna Matata is a bad, difficult philosophy.

Pumba is a smells good.

Pumba lives in the desert.

Pumba’s friends never stand downwind (where the wind blows).

Pumba never thought of changing his name.

Hakuna Matata is only a passing craze.

Notes:

Hakuna Matata truly comes from an African language, and it does mean “no worries.”

“What’s the matta with you?” is just slang for “What is the matter with you?”

A warthog is an African pig.

Pumba was going to say “every time that I farted.”  But to say the word “fart” in front of kids is probably not appropriate.

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If I had a million dollars        -        Bare Naked Ladies

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

Well I’d buy you a house

I would buy you a house

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you furniture for your house

Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you a K-Car

A nice reliant automobile

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars

I’d build a tree-fort in our yard

If I had a million dollars

You could help, it wouldn’t be that hard.

If I had a million dollars

Maybe we could put a little tiny fridge in there somewhere

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy a fur coat

But not a real fur coat that’s cruel

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you an exotic pet

Like a llama or an emu

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

Well I’d buy you John Merrick’s remains

Ooh all them crazy elephant bones

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars

We wouldn’t have to walk to the store

If I had a million dollars

We’d take a limousine because it costs more

If I had a million dollars

We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner

But we would

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If I had a Million Dollars – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

nice, real, fur, little, tiny, exotic,

Verbs:

have, buy, help, put, take, cost

Nouns:

house, furniture, car, love, tree-fort, yard, fridge, coat, pet, llama, emu, remains, limousine, store, dinner

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

Well I’d buy you a ___1____

I would buy you a house

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you ____2_____ for your house

Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you a K-Car

A nice reliant ___3_____

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy your ____4____

If I had a million dollars

I’d build a tree-fort in our yard

If I had a million dollars

You could help, it wouldn’t be that hard.

If I had a million dollars

Maybe we could put a little tiny fridge in there somewhere

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy a ___5____

But not a real fur coat that’s cruel

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy you an ___6___ pet

Like a llama or an emu

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If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars

Well I’d buy you John Merrick’s remains

Ooh all them crazy elephant bones

If I had a million dollars

I’d buy your love

If I had a ____7___ dollars

We wouldn’t have to walk to the store

If I had a million dollars

We’d take a limousine because it costs more

If I had a million dollars

We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner

But we would

Fill in the blank:  Basic

1. The snake is an ____________ animal from the jungle.
2. My jacket is made from real ____________ from rabbit!
3. That book ____________ $10.
4. We have lots of nice ____________ in our house.
5. We even have a big ____________ in our kitchen.
6. She has always wanted a ____________, but it’s too big and expensive.
7. They took a ____________ instead of a taxi.
8. You built a huge ____________ in that pinetree!
9. The ____________ behind our house has a garden, some trees, and a place to play.

Notes:

Kraft is an American brand that produces easy-to-prepare dinners.  They are a large company.  Their food is not amazing, but it’s quick to make.

An ottoman is a small piece of furniture to put your feet on.  A chesterfield is a padded armchair.

A K-car is slang for a reliable car.

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“Yesterday” by the Beatles

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away

Now it seems as though they’re here to stay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be

There’s a shadow hanging over me

Oh yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don’t know

She wouldn’t say

I said, something wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hideaway

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don’t know

She wouldn’t say

I said, said wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hideaway

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Yesterday – Vocabulary and Exercises

Verbs:

seem, stay, believe, “used to,” hang, come, say, long for (to want), play, hide

Nouns:

trouble, yesterday, man, half, shadow, something, love, game, place

Fill-in-the-blank:

1. The movie ____________ long, but it’s actually short.
2. Do you ____________ in angels?
3. The pictures ____________ on the wall in the study.
4. In our game, you must ____________ somewhere and wait.
5. Will you ____________ at a hotel or in a flat?
6. When she was little, she ____________ bite her fingernails.

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“Yesterday” by the Beatles

Yesterday all my __________ seemed so far away

Now it _________ as though they’re here to stay

Oh, I believe in ____________

Suddenly, I’m not _______ the man I used to be

There’s a shadow _________ over me

Oh yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I ________ know

She wouldn’t say

I said, something ________ now I long for yesterday

_________ ________ was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hideaway

Oh, I _________ in yesterday

____ she had to go I don’t know

She wouldn’t say

I said, _________ wrong now I long for yesterday

Yesterday love was such an _________ game to play

Now I __________ a place to hideaway

Oh, I believe in __________

Extra Activites:

• Find all the verbs in the song:  identify the tense that is used.
• Change all the verbs from past tense to future tense.
• Discuss:  Why does the man wish to go back to yesterday?  Why is love a game?

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“What a Wonderful World”   Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green

And red roses too

I see them bloom

For me and you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue

And clouds of white

The bright blessed day

And the dark sacred night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces

Of the people going by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying how do you do?

They are really saying

I love you

I hear babies crying

I watch them grow

They’ll learn much more

Than I’ll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

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What a Wonderful World – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

green, red, wonderful, blue, white, blessed, bright, dark, sacred, pretty

Verbs:

See, think, shake hands, go, cry, learn, grow

Nouns:

tree, rose, world, sky, day, night, color, rainbow, face, people, friend, baby

Fill-in-the-blank:  

1. We can rest under the ____________.
2. They look up at the ____________.
3. Do you have many ____________ at school?
4. My little sister is still a ____________.
5. The snow is very ____________ because of the sunshine.
6. I think that the church is a ____________ place.

What do you see?:  Intermediate

Begin with the sentence, “I spy with my little eye something ____________.”  Fill in the blank with an adjective.  Your classmates should try to guess what you are looking at.  For example, “I spy with my little eye something blue.”  (It’s the sky!)

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

All my bags are packed

I’m ready to go

I’m standing here outside your door

I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breaking

It’s early morn

The taxi waiting

He’s blown his horn

Already I’m so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll never let me go

Cause I’m leaving on a Jet Plane

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go

There’s so many time I let you down

So many times I played around

I tell you now they don’t mean a thing

Every place I go I’ll think of you

Every song I sing I’ll sing for you

When I come back, I’ll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll never let me go

Cause I’m leaving on a Jet Plane

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you

One more time let me kiss you

Close your eyes I’ll be on my way

Dream about the days to come

When I won’t have to leave alone

About the times I won’t have to say

Oh kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll never let me go

Cause I’m leaving on a Jet Plane

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go

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Leaving on a Jet Plane – Vocabulary and Exercises

All my bags are ________

I’m ready to go

I’m ________ here outside your door

I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breaking

It’s early morn

The ________ waiting

He’s blown his horn

Already I’m so lonesome I could die

So ______ me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll _____ let me go

Cause I’m leaving on a Jet Plane

Don’t _____ when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go

There’s so many times I let you down

So ______ times I played around

I tell you now they don’t mean a thing

Every ______ I go I’ll think of you

Every song I sing I’ll sing for you

When I come back, I’ll bring your _________ ring

So kiss me and ______ for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll never let me go

Cause I’m ________ on a Jet Plane

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to ______

Now the _______ has come to leave you

One more time let me kiss you

Close your eyes I’ll be on my way

_________ about the days to come

When I won’t have to leave alone

About the times I won’t have to ______

Oh kiss me and smile for me

Tell me that you’ll wait for me

Tell me that you’ll never let me go

Cause I’m leaving on a _________

Don’t know when I’ll be back again

Oh babe I hate to go

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Adjectives:

packed, early, lonesome (lonely)

Verbs:

go, wake, say, break, wait, blow, die, kiss, smile, tell, let go, leave, know, be back, hate, let [somebody] down (disappoint), think, sing, bring, close, dream

Nouns:

bag, door, dawn, morn, taxi, horn, jet plane, babe, place, wedding ring,

Change into Past Simple tense:  

1. Go -  ____________
2. Wake - ____________
3. Say - ____________
4. Wait - ____________
5. Blow - ____________
6. Die - ____________
7. Kiss - ____________
8. Leave - ____________
9. Think - ____________
10. Dream - ____________

Fill-in-the-blanks:  

1. Please go upstairs and ____________ your brother for school.  He’s already late.
2. I will ____________ you a lullaby.
3. Last night I ____________ that I could fly.
4. The wind was ____________ so strongly yesterday afternoon!
5. They ____________ their child to work last week.
6. Please – help me! I don’t want to ____________!
7. The man gave the woman a very large diamond ____________.
8. I had to catch a ____________ this morning because my car is broken.

Extra Exercises:

• This song is filled with verbs!  Can you find all the verbs in past tense?  Future tense?  Present tense?  What about the continuous tenses (past/present/future)?
• Change the chorus from “I’m leaving on a jet plane” to “He’s leaving on a jet plane.”  Make sure all the verbs match the subject “he.”

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Lullaby

Good night my angel time to close you eyes

And save these questions for another day

I think I know what you've been asking me

I think you know what I've been trying to say

I promised I would never leave you

And you should always know

Where ever you may go

No matter where you are

I never will be far away

*Verse 2*

Good night my angel now it's time to sleep

And still so many things I want to say

Remember all the songs you sang for me

When we went sailing on an emerald bay

And like a boat out on the ocean

I'm rocking you to sleep

The water's dark and deep

Inside this ancient heart

You'll always be a part of me

(Musical Bridge)

Do do do do...

*Verse 3*

Goodnight my angel now it's time to dream

And dream how wondeful your life will be

Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby

Then in your heart there will always be a part of me

Someday we'll all be gone

But lullabies go on and on

They never die that's how you and I will be

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Lullaby – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

emerald, dark, deep, ancient, wonderful

Verbs:

close, save, know, ask, try, promise, leave, know, sleep, sail, rock, die, cry, go on (continue)

Nouns:

angel, questions, day, bay, boat, heart, life, lullaby

Prepositions:

far, in, inside, on

Use the correct preposition:

1. I’m sitting ____________ a closet so my brother can’t find me!
2. I keep my books and papers ____________ my bag.
3. The magazines are laying ____________ top of the fridge.
4. The school is ____________ from the center of town.
5. But the library is not ____________ from the police station.
6. The tea is ____ the cupboard.

Use the 3rd form of the verb to form Past Perfect:  

1. By the end of university, I had ____________ (save) only $5,000.
2. She had ____________ (promise) me that she would go, but she didn’t.
3. He had ____________ (sleep) many times on the floor before he got a bed.
4. We had ____________ (go on) for 6 miles before we saw the lake.
5. By 5:45pm, they had already ____________ (close) the store.
6. I had ____________ (sail) around the world, but no one believed me.
7. We had ____________ (know) the answer before you told us.
8. Had you ____________ (ask) him for help when you tried it?

Extra Exercises:

• Discuss:  why do we sing lullabies? Who likes lullabies the most?
• Draw!  If you could make a picture for each verse, what would you draw?

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Celine Dion

My Heart Will Go On (From Titanic)

Every night in my dreams

I see you, I feel you

That is how I know you go on

Far across the distance

And spaces between us

You have come to show you go on

Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you’re here in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

Love can touch us one time

And last for a lifetime

And never let go till were gone

Love was when I left you

One true time I hold to

In my life will always go on

Near, far, wherever you are

I believe that the heart does go on

Once more you open the door

And you’re here in my heart and

My heart will go on and on

You’re here, there’s nothing I fear

And I know that my heart will go on

We’ll stay forever this way

You are safe in my heart

And my heart will go on and on

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My Heart Will Go On – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adverbs:

on, wherever,

Prepositions:

in, across, between, near, far

Verbs:

see, feel, go on (continue), show, believe, open, touch, last, let go, hold, fear, stay

Insert the correct preposition:  Basic

We are sitting ____________ the classroom.

Englad is ____________ the ocean from America.

Carl is sitting ____________ Lisa and Amantai.

The canteen is ____________ the library.

The station is not ____________ from the road.

Present Perfect:  Advance

1. I have ____________ many different movies.
2. They have ____________ in us and always shown support.
3. Have you ever ____________ Nazerbayev’s hand print?
4. We haven’t ____________ the jars of vegetables and fuits yet.
5. He has ____________ spiders ever since he was a young boy.
6. Have you ever ____________ in a hotel for vacation?

Extra Exercises:

Which prepositions can also be adjectives?

Turn all of the sentences into negatives.

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Revolution

The Beatles

You say you want a revolution

Well you know, we all want to change the world

You tell me that it’s evolution

Well you know, we all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction

Don’t you know that you can count me out

Don’t you know it’s going to be alright, alright, alright

You say you got a real solution

Well you know, we’d all love to see the plan

You ask me for a contribution

Well you know, we’re all doing what we can

But if you want money for people with minds that hate

All I can tell you brother is you have to wait

Don’t you know it’s going to be alright, alright, alright

You say you’ll change the constitution

Well you know, we all want to change in our head

You tell me it’s the institution

Well you know, you better free your mind instead

But if you carrying pictures of chairman Mao

You ain’t going to make it with anyone anyhow

Don’t you know it’s going to be alright, alright, alright

Revolution – Vocabulary and Exercises

Verbs:

want, change, count, do, hate, wait, free, carry, make it (get along),

Nouns:

revolution, world, evolution, destruction, solution, plan, contribution, constitution, change, institution, mind, chairman, anyone

Make the Verb from the Noun, then translate:

Example:  Construction – Construct

1. Revolution - ____________
2. Evolution - ____________
3. Destruction - ____________
4. Solution - ____________
5. Plan - ____________
6. Contribution - ____________
7. Constitution - ____________
8. Change - ____________

Extra Exercises:

 - What other nouns have the “-tion” ending?

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The Sun

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

A gigantic nuclear furnace

Where hydrogen is built into helium

At a temperature of millions of degrees

Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not

A place where we could live

But here on Earth there'd be no life

Without the light it gives

We need its light

We need its heat

We need its energy

Without the sun, without a doubt

There'd be no you and me

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

A gigantic nuclear furnace

Where hydrogen is built into helium

At a temperature of millions of degrees

The sun is hot

It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.

The sun is large

If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.

The sun is far away

About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.

And even when it's out of sight

The sun shines night and day

The sun gives heat

The sun gives light

The sunlight that we see

The sunlight comes from our own sun's

Atomic energy

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Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium.*

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

A gigantic nuclear furnace

Where hydrogen is built into helium

At a temperature of millions of degrees

The Sun – Vocabulary and Exercises

Adjectives:

incandescent, built, gigantic, nuclear, hot, hollow, large, middle-sized, small, atomic, atom-smashing

Verbs:

Need, give, live, fit, looks (appears)

Nouns:

Mass, gas, furnace, place, light, heat, energy, doubt, machine

Fill-in-the-blank:

1. Wow, that new building is really ____________!
2. We have only a ____________ house; it’s not very big.
3. We use ____________ lights in our classrooms.
4. If you ____________ anything, please call them.
5. This suit ____________ really well on you.
6. During the winter, the house keeps ____________ inside.
7. I think the car is one of the most fun ____________!
8. If she ____________ you some money, will you buy her a drink?

Extra Activities:

• List all the elements in the song (for example, hydrogen).
• Is this song funny or is it serious?  Why do you think so?

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Randy Newman

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

When your road looks rough ahead

And you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bed

You just remember what your old pal said

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got your troubles

And I got them too

There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you

We stick together and see it through

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am

Bigger and stronger too, maybe

But none of them will ever love the way I do

It’s me and you

And as the years go by

Our friendship will never die

You’re going to see it’s our destiny

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You’ve got a Friend in Me – Vocabulary and Exercises

Randy Newman

You got a ______ in me

You got a friend in me

When your road looks rough ahead

And you’re miles and miles from your nice warm ____

You just ________ what your old pal said

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

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You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got ____ troubles

And I got them too

There isn’t _______ I wouldn’t do for you

We stick together and see it through

You ___ a friend in me

You got a friend in me

Some other folks might be a little bit ________ than I am

Bigger and _______ too, maybe

But none of them will ever love the way I do

It’s me and you

And as the years go by

Our ________ will never die

You’re going to see it’s our destiny

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

You got a friend in me

Adjectives:

rough, nice, warm, old, smart, big, strong,

Verbs:

have, look (appear), remember, say, do, stick together, see [something] through, love, die, go

Nouns:

friend, road, bed, pal, trouble, folks, year, friendship, destiny

Fill-in-the-blank: Basic

1. I always ____________ to do my homework.
2. Good friends ____________.
3. My pet is old and will ____________ soon, I think.
4. They ____________ many nice cars!
5. He ____________ that he will give me $100, but he often lies.
6. If you ____________ me, you should marry me!

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Extra Activities:

• What have you got?  What do you wish you had?
• What are your troubles?
• Who is your best friend?  Why?

Notes:  

The word “folks” means people, but you can never make “folks” singular.  It’s always in the plural.  There is no “folk” (99.9% of the the time.  There is one exception, but it’s not worth remembering).

The phrase “you’ve got a friend in me” means simply “I am your friend.”

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Lemon tree

When I was just a lad of ten

My father said to me:

“Come here and take a lesson

From the lovely lemon tree.

Don’t put your faith in love, my boy”

My father said to me.

“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree”.

     Refrain:  Lemon tree is very pretty

                    And the lemon flower is sweet

                    But the fruit of the poor lemon

                    Is impossible to eat ( 2 times)

One day beneath the lemon tree

My love and I did lie.

A girl’s so sweet that when she smiled

The stars rose in the sky.

We passed that summer lost in love

Beneath the lemon tree.

The music of her laughter hid

My father’s words from me.

Refrain:  Lemon tree is very pretty

                    And the lemon flower is sweet

                    But the fruit of the poor lemon

                    Is impossible to eat ( 2 times)

One day she left without a word-

She took away the sun.

And in the dark she’d left behind

I knew what she had done.

She’d left me for another –

It’s common tale but true –

A sadder man but wiser now I sing this sing for you!

Refrain:  Lemon tree is very pretty

                    And the lemon flower is sweet

                    But the fruit of the poor lemon

                    Is impossible to eat ( 2 times)

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Lemon tree  Vocabulary and Exercises

Questions:

1. Who is talking to the son? (The farther)
2. To whom is he talking? (The son)
3. What is the main subject of the song? (The lemon tree)
4. According to the father, what’s wrong with the lemon tree? (The fruit is impossible to eat).
5. Describe the girl the son met. (She was so sweet that when she smiled, the stars rose in the sky.)
6. What made the son forget the father’s words about the lemon tree? (The music of her laughter).
7. What did the girl took with her? (She took away the sun).
8. Why did she leave the son? (She left him for another man).

General discussion questions

1. What does the lemon tree refer to? (love/temptation/woman)
2. What is the attitude of the father toward love? (Never put your faith in love).
3. How is the father comparing love with lemon tree? (Love is like a lemon tree, which is very pretty, but the fruit is too sour to eat).
4.  Should the son follow the father’s advice? (Yes, this would help him understand more about the nature of love and not to be easily cheated).

Teacher’s isolation words from the first stanza

Winter                                                                                        deep

                                              Street                                                                        dark

                 Freshly                                         December

Silent                                                                                                        snow

Teacher’s demonstration on the first stanza

It was a cold winter night in December. I went out to the dark, silent street after I had a bad quarrel with my father. The snow never stopped. I was lost in deep thought.  The memory of my childhood came back freshly to my mind. Although my father was very poor, he always tried his best to make me happy. I was really an ungrateful child. It was better for me to come back to him and ask for forgiveness.

Students’ demonstration on the first stanza

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